Reviewed and updated October 7, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Los Angeles County, California, has about 9.8 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Los Angeles County comes from a judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, is served by whichever agency finds the person, and is recorded in the court file of the case it was issued in. This guide says who issues and serves warrants here, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one and how one is cleared.
This guide covers who issues warrants, who serves warrants, after a warrant arrest, checking for a warrant, clearing a warrant, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Los Angeles County public records, Los Angeles County inmate search, Los Angeles County criminal records, Los Angeles County court records, Los Angeles County police reports, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Los Angeles County
In California an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Los Angeles County that means the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Superior Court clerk keeps that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at lacourt.ca.gov/pages/lp/access-a-case/tp/re-acc-search-for-case-by-... (page title: Superior Court of Los Angeles County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
California has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Los Angeles County
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Clarita, Glendale, Lancaster, Palmdale and 82 more cities serve warrants in Los Angeles County.
The FBI's agency list also places 14 state police units, ten campus police departments, five other agencies and one state agency in Los Angeles County; each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Los Angeles County is whichever one finds the person; a California warrant is valid across California.
Together, the 47 agencies in Los Angeles County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 111,326 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Los Angeles County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, held about 12,780 people on an average day in 2025 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at locator.lacounty.gov/lac/Location/3069210/los-angeles-county-sherif..., phone (213) 473-6100. The Los Angeles County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Los Angeles County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Los Angeles County
Whether a warrant is out from Los Angeles County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Superior Court clerk, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The District Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office at locator.lacounty.gov, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the Los Angeles County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is not open to the public in California, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Los Angeles County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Los Angeles County that means appearing before the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, with the case put back on the calendar through the Superior Court clerk.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at da.lacounty.gov.
More Official Wanted and Warrant Pages for Los Angeles County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Los Angeles County and California. These wanted and warrant pages from its Los Angeles County listing were opened again on October 4, 2026 and each one still answers:
- California's Most Wanted Fugitives (oag.ca.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Los Angeles County?
Not from the Los Angeles County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Superior Court clerk.
Who serves warrants in Los Angeles County?
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a California warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Los Angeles County held?
At the county jail, run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Los Angeles County cleared?
By appearing before the court that issued it; the judge recalls the warrant in court. The case is put back on the calendar through the Superior Court clerk.
Is this the official Los Angeles County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.